Conversely, he argues that this feeling ultimately causes the loss of individual consciousness. This means that peer pressure weighs heavily on any decision the individual makes. Culture plays an important role in the constitution of the ego, to the extent that the individual does not make decisions without a group consensus. Freud also discusses the repercussions of isolating the same individual; he suggests that their behavior would completely transform. As seen in The Scarlet Letter, the same individuals can have certain behaviors and mannerisms in front of a group and be a completely different person when isolated, for example) Roger